Roland Dow, 27, was indicted this week by a Rockingham County grand jury.

Dow was arrested last week in Florida and charged with first- and second-degree assault. Police said he seriously injured 3-year-old James Nicholson, the son of Dow's girlfriend, Jessica Linscott. Linscott is facing several counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

A probable cause hearing for Dow had been scheduled for Monday, but court officials said that has been canceled because of the indictments.

Police said the boy suffered seizures and severe bruising and burns over much of his body in November. Prosecutors said that Dow struck the boy hard enough to cause traumatic brain injury.

The couple dropped the boy off at a hospital and later told police the boy's wounds were self-inflicted, police said.

Prosecutors said the couple then fled New Hampshire, traveling to Haverhill, Mass., Boston and New York City before taking a train to Orlando, Fla., where they were arrested last week.